[Milsurplus] ARR-41

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OK.  This is BS.  Just as there was no good reason (i.e., no excuse that a 
contracting officer might have gotten away with) for the Air Force to buy custom 
built AC supplies for BC-348's when plenty of BC-342's were available, there 
was no excuse that would have survived their Courts Martial for buying custom 
made AC supplies for the R-648/ARR-41.

There were simply too many equivalent size, weight and performance 
alternatives available either already in the inventory or at civilian prices on the 
commercial market.  But if anyone in the Air Force or Navy had spent my Father's 
tax dollars on building such a supply, I would want them prosecuted today.  
There is no statute of limitations on stupidity.  



In a message dated 9/11/2006 8:23:02 PM Central Daylight Time, 
wdonzelli at gmail.com writes: 
> >Unless the power connector was phyically altered to a different type as 
> part of the modification, this franken-R-648 could easily be installed by error 
> in places where the normal R-648 should have been.  That's to be discouraged 
> in the US military services!
> 
> But you know that it has happened...
> 
> >There would have to be some sort of official documentation of the 
> modification in the system literature,
> 
> Yes, there probably is a special TO or manual on it - but if the
> modification was not common (apparently very few were done, from the
> examples seen today), few manuals would have been printed. Perhaps one
> will show up someday. Or not. If only 500 mauals were printed in 1955
> or so, what are the chances of obtaining one today?
> 
> >and at the very least some obvious visible indication of the modification 
> present on the unit to keep it away from places it couldn't go anymore.
> 
> There should be, but perhaps not. If so few were modified, for some
> specific project, perhaps they did not bother.
> 
> 

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